run-of-the-mill
Example Sentences
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In recent years, litigation on certain types of religious freedom lawsuits have been practically run of the mill: prayer on school premises, for example, and government funding for students at faith-based schools.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025
Cecil Day-Lewis was "a possible" - he produced "run of the mill poetry but nothing particularly outstanding".
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2023
“This is not a run of the mill rotation,” he said when meeting with U.S. commanders there.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2023
The split may be run of the mill for the blingy soccer celebrity industrial complex, but in Rome, the separation has cut into a legend.
From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2022
He was head and shoulders smarter than the run of the mill, and after he’d watched the sun and moon and stars fer a long time he set down and he done some figgerin’.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
